The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1887-10-12

BROKEN AN ECCENIRIc srR4p
and were running but one psir of
wheels, having been forced to discou
meet the other pair which
were RAINING loose. or course
the accident held our speed down n
little, but we had no idea that the
engineer OF No. 10 would have any
difficulty in keeping of our heels.
The last time | looked behiud there
was ample room between us We
stopped at Boone Grove water tank
and were there almost a minute be
fore they struck u.s. Conductor
Gaghepen was forced to leave tor his
tram and could ask no mora partic
ul8rs.
A rAssENGEk's EXpFRiENCE.
CHICAGO, oct. II w. a. Duncan.
of syracuse, n. y, arrived from the
scene of the accident. He Jaw the
wreck and says eighteen or twenty
persons are known to have been killed
a number OF these were burned be
tore his eyes. 4 little Bohemian
boy was hemmed in, but Lad not
been reached by the fire and saw his
father, mother aud two sisters slowly
roasting before his eyes lie was
dying as MIR. Duncen left. There
was doctor on the train, Mr.. Duncan
savs, who lost his wife aud
daughter in the burning wreck
He could do absolutely nothing to
mid them and SAW them encirc.ed
10y
SETTLING TONGUES OF FIRE
AMI 'rba n;,rl,, t,.os
and the scene dreadful The rear
coaches OF the passenger train were
smashed and'telescoped 80 the three
occupied less space than one. Live
Goals from the freight engine isnited
the debris Ill which the wounded
and dead were lying, and before sub
stantial assistance could be rendered
thirty people had died. Some were
merciiully killed by the first shock,
but meuy were slowly roastsd to
death. No one in the sleeper WAS
hurt. No means existed for checking
the lire aud only after It burned itself
out was it possible to do suythi Dg
for the few still alive imprisoned in
the debris.
RkPoRrERS AT THE WRECK.
This afternoon when reporters who
had been long delayed i'll reaching
Kouts. owing to the Secretiveress OF
railroad officials, began at last to
arrive, there was little in the aspect
of the village to indicate the calamity
that had recently taken place. All
the dead bodies had been carefully
removed from sight, only two
wounded were stlll i'll the village
the local employees of the road were
deaf anl dumb TO all seekers after i'll
| formation. The coroner had been
obliged to 90 to Huntington, over
| fifty miles distant to obtain state
| ments ofthe witnesses, and the vi.
layers Sc emed wholly at searegarding
the extent of the disaster. About the
only person able and willing to give
the details ofthe horror was DIR. g..
! w. Mckee. The doctor is prosper
Gus looking, intelligent man OF about
81, who promptly responded in the
| dead of night to the call
that he had to take hand car
| and go to the scene
the wreck three miles from
his residence. DIR. Mckee rendered
noble services. lie had scaut time 10
give his experience in detail, but
stated that to the best of his Know
edge it would not be over stating
facts 10 say that the collision had cost
the lives of
FULLY THIRTY.
1t was shortly after l o'clock this
morning when he reached the wreck
and he Immediately began to give hi
services to the wounded. Those who
we're bsdly hurt when The crash came
he SAYS must have had little chance
for their lives 20 quickly had the car
AIKEN fire. and thorough was the worl
of the flames. AS ali illustration
of the destruction aud difficulty o
arriving at correct idea OF II
nsgm ude, the doctor said prooaoii!
.. not soul would have been madI
awaro Ut all but = total wlplng GU
of the Miller family OF six, mad no
their boy been saved. DR.. NJ IKE
stated that only nine bodies had beel
, recovered aud they were so badi,
charred as to be almost beyodd reco!
, milton. The most left OF scarceI
, any of them being
j BLACKENED TRUNK
T and in some cases little beyond fey
S handstul of ashes. The nine were
follows:
5 The Miller family of Dundee, tstheI
, mother, two brothers and CIR
j Their l4-year"old boy, Herman, WI
probably die also.)
DR.. Perry. of North Judson, Ind
DR.. Perry's wife and daughter and
s young Irish lady. M
4 Superintendent Parsons, of the On
a cago aud Atlantic, WAS seen late i'll Ia
y afternoon gloomily.pacing the static
platform. lie was extremely tacltur
) and was very sure no more bodl'
r could be found under the wreck. y
G ly nine persons had been killed, he d
e clared, and not more than eleven G
It twelve hurt. None of the latter Sc
Z ously. lie admitted that no iiagma